HC Deb 30 April 1996 vol 276 cc494-7W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many vehicles per hour cross the current Severn bridge and the Queensferry A550 bridge; and if he will make a statement. [26876]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The following tables show the average hourly flows calculated from all the available data from 1995.

M4 Wye Bridge Gwent Total flow combined directions
Averaged from Sunday 1 January 1995 to Sunday 31 December 1995
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 5 day average 7 day average
03:00-04:00 254 277 277 277 298 295 190 277 266
04:00-05:00 455 424 432 427 453 374 242 438 401
05:00-06:00 909 753 740 742 752 488 280 779 666
06:00-07:00 1,929 1,669 1,646 1,656 1,578 898 479 1,695 1,407
07:00-08.00 4,093 3,947 3,882 3,880 3,623 1,577 819 3,885 3,115
08:00-09:00 4,402 4,583 4,588 4,588 4,211 2,156 1,183 4,474 3,671
09:00-10:00 3,630 3,871 3,924 3,922 3,648 2,887 1,907 3,799 3,398
10:00-11:00 3,459 3,399 3,433 3,459 3,535 3,625 2,715 3,457 3,373
11:00-12:00 3,421 3,178 3,255 3,314 3,653 3,880 3,217 3,364 3,415
12:00-13:00 3,270 3,105 3,121 3,236 3,731 3.519 2,964 3,292 3,277
13:00-14:00 3,158 3,078 3,107 3,250 3,920 3,138 2,707 3,303 3,192
14:00-15:00 3,180 3,176 3,234 3,414 4,302 2,844 2,959 3,462 3,300
15:00-16:00 3,398 3,524 3,594 3,743 4,649 2,693 3,431 3,781 3,576
16:00-17:00 3,812 4,014 4,126 4,237 4,961 2,671 3,828 4,230 3,949
17:00-18:00 4,185 4,372 4,517 4,552 4,963 2,722 3,967 4,517 4,183
18:00-19:00 3,523 3,659 3,782 3,918 4,467 2,526 3,692 3,870 3,651
19:00-20:00 2.119 2,086 2,232 2,380 3,328 1,820 3,147 2,428 2,443
20:00-21:00 1,431 1,367 1,458 1,605 2,437 1,296 2,465 1,660 1,721
21:00-22:00 1,043 992 1,091 1,262 1,730 935 1,736 1,224 1,254
22:00-23:00 764 772 827 945 1,193 733 1,085 901 902
23:00-24:00 534 518 578 623 771 588 684 605 613
12, 16, 18 and 24 hour totals
07:00-19:00 43,531 43,906 44,563 45,513 49,663 34,238 33,389 45,435 42,114
06:00-22:00 50,053 50,020 50,990 52,416 58,736 39,187 41,216 52,443 48,944
06:00-24:00 51,351 51,310 52,395 53,984 60,700 40,508 42,985 53,948 50,461
00:00-24:00 53,581 54,654 54,654 56,305 63,138 42,772 44,610 56,309 52,703
am Peak 08:00 08:00 08:00 08:00 08:00 11:00 11:00 08:00 08:00
Peak volume 4,402 4,583 4,588 4,588 4,211 3,880 3,217 4,474 3,671
pm Peak 17:00 17:00 17:00 17:00 17:00 12:00 17:00 17:00 17:00
Peak volume 4,185 4,372 4,517 4,552 4,963 3,519 3,967 4,517 4,183

A494 Queensferry Clwyd Total flow combined directions
Averaged from Sunday 1 January 1995 to Sunday 31 December 1995
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 5 day average 7 day average
00:00-01:00 385 334 378 406 460 654 706 393 474
01:00-02:00 199 200 196 215 247 374 444 212 267
02:00-03:00 140 147 149 161 204 318 356 160 210
03:00-04:00 197 232 219 226 249 275 251 224 235
04:00-05:00 251 263 265 274 278 246 169 267 249
05:00-06:00 893 915 896 890 908 632 364 900 785
06:00-07:00 1,966 1,950 1,928 1,925 1,897 1,134 749 1,933 1,649
07:00-08.00 4,880 5,083 5,070 5,016 4,807 1,867 1,043 4,971 3,966
08:00-09:00 5,122 5,446 5,513 5,372 5,233 2,374 1,185 5,338 4,320
09:00-10:00 3,453 3,523 3,559 3,549 3,526 3,075 2,021 3,522 3,243
10:00-11:00 3,439 3,290 3,393 3,331 3,527 3,975 3,110 3,404 3,443
11:00-12:00 3,621 3,317 3,375 3,332 3,790 4,491 3,845 3,487 3,681
12:00-13:00 3,589 3,307 3,363 3,302 4,271 4,498 3,992 3,567 3,760
13:00-14:00 3,877 3,667 3,718 3,656 4,229 4,391 3,932 3,830 3,924
14:00-15:00 3,706 3,565 3,651 3,602 4,532 4,075 3,892 3,811 3,860
15:00-16:00 3,780 3,705 3,865 3,815 4,916 3,672 3,966 4,016 3,959
16:00-17:00 5,066 5,195 5,331 5,286 5,520 3,680 4,197 5,280 4,896
17:00-18:00 5,315 5,513 5,636 5,528 5,367 3,691 3,833 5,472 4,983
18:00-19:00 3,931 4,151 4,234 4,156 4,330 3,224 3,376 4,160 3,914
19:00-20:00 2,475 2,537 2,623 2,741 3,529 2,443 2,924 2,781 2,752
20:00-21:00 1,726 1,780 1,852 2,033 2,473 1,772 2,283 1,973 1,988
21:00-22:00 1,499 1,549 1,639 1,720 1,768 1,355 1,802 1,635 1,618
22:00-23:00 1,047 1,135 1,237 1,169 1,231 977 1,179 1,163 1,138
23:00-24:00 615 720 784 775 930 884 761 765 780
12, 16, 18 and 24 hour totals
07:00-19:00 49,779 49,762 50,708 49,945 54,088 43,013 38,392 50,857 47,954
06:00-22:00 57,445 57,578 58,750 58,364 63,755 49,717 46,150 59,179 55,956
06:00-24:00 59,107 59,433 60,771 60,308 65,916 51,278 48,090 61,107 57,886
00:00-24:00 61,172 61,524 62,874 62,480 68,262 54,077 50,380 63,262 60,109
A494 Queensferry Clwyd Total flow combined directions
Averaged from Sunday 1 January 1995 to Sunday 31 December 1995
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 5 day average 7 day average
am Peak 08:00 08:00 08:00 08:00 08:00 11:00 11:00 08:00 08:00
Peak volume 5,122 5,446 5,513 5,372 5,233 4,491 3,845 5,338 4,320
pm Peak 17:00 17:00 17:00 17:00 16:00 12:00 16:00 17:00 17:00
Peak volume 5,315 5,513 5,636 5,528 5,520 4,498 4,197 5,472 4,983